In 330AD, Emperor Constantine split the Roman Empire into two eastern and western halves. Rome remained the capital of the ...

The Byzantine Empire, which lasted for over a millennium, is one of history's most fascinating empires, not just for its ...

How did Western Europe learn of the fall of Constantinople, the loss of Negroponte, and the Ottoman defeat at Lepanto? In the ...

The eastern Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in the 6th century. Light purple represents its military gains from 533 and 565, a period in which the empire was supposedly devastated by ...

A distribution map of LRA 4 amphorae (in red, top) and LRA 5 amphorae (in blue, bottom). Credit: H. Olshanetsky, L. Cosijns . Regarding the impact of climate change, the study indicates that the ...

The final twist to this turbulent saga was Gainas, an Ostrogothic leader who served as the magister militum of the Eastern Roman Empire. Gainas, described as a “man of no lineage”, had joined the ...

Rome remained the capital of the Western Roman Empire, while Constantinople - modern-day Istanbul - was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire.

Archaeologists Unearthed Five Lost Statues From Remains of the Roman Empire’s Sculpture Capital. One of them has a dolphin! By Tim Newcomb Published: Feb 19, 2025 2:00 PM EST.

By 115 AD, he had captured the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon and had reached the Persian Gulf. The Roman Empire now stretched across Europe and the Middle East, from the borders of Scotland to ...

The last Western Roman emperor was forced to abdicate in a.d. 476, while the last Eastern Roman emperor died in 1453. ... As the empire grew, so too did the capital’s genetic diversity.

The use of large datasets from vast territories previously ruled by the Roman Empire presents a different scenario. Our findings reveal that there was no decline in the 6th century, but rather a new ...